The Bleach and the Burning Bush: Finding God at 2 A.M.
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. The machine ate my quarter. May god have mercy on my soul, I stood there at 1:47 am, my folding stool…
What My Sister Taught Me (Without Saying a Word)
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. The phone rang while I was packing socks for an online order, my side hustle when I'm back in…
Kowtow: The Power Move You’re Missing
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. You know the feeling. The hard work, the preparation, and the right credentials are all there. Yet, something keeps…
The Diner, the Dust, and the Wind
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. The Dairy Queen was still there, which stopped me for a second, but everything else looked smaller: the high…
The Quiet Labor of Making People Feel Held
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. I felt a dull throb behind my eyes that wasn't a headache. I knew what headaches felt like. This…
The Staircase I Will Never Climb
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. The Temple That Should Have Fixed Me I climbed a wooden double-helix temple in Japan and felt absolutely nothing. That…
The Gift I Didn’t Know How to Receive
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. The Pattern I have carried my own bags across eleven countries. Fixed my own Wi‑Fi issues in languages I…
What the Hagia Sophia Taught Me About Disorientation
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. Nobody warns you about the shoes. You know, instinctively, that you'll remove them at the entrance. You've read the travel…
Mindfulness: The Projection Screen Your Mind Creates
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. I walked my usual morning route yesterday. Same path I've taken for three years. Forty minutes through the neighborhood,…
The Grief Nobody Talks About: Mourning the Life You Thought You’d Have
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. There's a specific kind of grief that arrives without a funeral. No casseroles show up at the door. fromyouflowers.com…